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Tickenham

Tickenham is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 585. It has 8 bus stops and Nailsea and Backwell railway station 4.9 km away. There was around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tickenham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Somerset area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 216,734 residents at roughly 580 people per km².

Council
North Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 104th of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability40
Affordable rents29
Good schools74
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation73
Employment74
Low council tax34

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 9° / 7° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:37

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Vehicle crime1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Portishead · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Retail theft remains a significant issue across the country, with businesses - from small independent shops to large national retailers -…
  • To tackle ongoing ASB and Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) breaches at the Lake Grounds through high-visibility patrols, engagement…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

285 reported road collisions (2025)

100 killed or seriously injured · 361 casualties · 13.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

48 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Nailsea and Backwell (4.5 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Nailsea & Backwell (4.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£314,307 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-08

Detached£536,372
Semi-detached£342,114
Terraced£274,586
Flat£169,859

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,209 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £820
  • 2 bed £1,079
  • 3 bed £1,345

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

9.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.0 times median annual pay (8.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

3,448 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (7.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Bristol Inn (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

216,734 residents in North Somerset · 580/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,474
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,580
  • Net moves+2,894

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 215 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 101,970)

A £1,661
B £1,938
C £2,214
D £2,491
E £3,045
F £3,598
G £4,152
H £4,982

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

85 schools · 32,225 pupils

64 primary · 11 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

79 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Backwell SchoolGood
  • Broadoak AcademyGood
  • Clevedon SchoolGood
  • Gordano SchoolGood
  • Nailsea SchoolGood
  • Priory Community SchoolGood
  • St Katherine's SchoolGood
  • Winterstoke Hundred AcademyGood
  • Worle Community SchoolRequires improvement
  • Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
  • Hans Price Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Somerset

Care & health services

220 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes96
  • GP practices17
  • Dentists40
  • Homecare agencies42
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Somerset

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

261 applications decided

92% granted · 240 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sadik Al-Hassan

Labour

North Somerset

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 10
  • Con 12
  • LD 9
  • Grn 8
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£768 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,089 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 110,569 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

370 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.4 women · 62.6 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BS21

  • Clevedon Medical Centre
  • Optometry & Dental Referral
  • Clevedon Minor Injury Unit

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Somerset:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Tickenham · 0.4 km

    Tickenham is a village and civil parish near Clevedon and Nailsea in North Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 910. It has a primary school, a village hall and a garden centre, but no shops, although it…

  • Court Hill · 0.8 km

    Court Hill is a 10.45 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Clevedon, North Somerset, England, notified in 1997.

  • Cadbury Camp · 1.2 km

    Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort in Somerset, England, near the village of Tickenham. It is a scheduled monument. Although primarily known as a fort during the Iron Age it is likely, from artefacts, including a b…

  • Gordano Valley · 1.4 km

    Gordano is an area of North Somerset, in England. It has been designated as a National Nature Reserve.

  • Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors SSSI · 1.9 km

    Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors SSSI is a 129.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn on the North Somerset Levels, notified in 1995.

  • Walton in Gordano railway station · 2.0 km

    Walton in Gordano railway station served the village of Walton in Gordano, North Somerset, England from 1907 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Tickenham?
Tickenham is a town in Somerset, England, in the North Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Tickenham?
Tickenham has an approximate settlement population of 585.
How deprived is Tickenham?
The North Somerset local authority, which includes Tickenham, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.